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Why Companies and Government Do “Innovation Theater” Instead of Actual Innovation

Steve Blank

Today, as large organizations are facing continuous disruption, they’ve recognized that their existing strategy and organizational structures aren’t nimble enough to access and mobilize the innovative talent and technology they need to meet these challenges. that result in innovation theater. are obstacles for innovation.

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Digital Marketing Trends to Help You Grow Your Restaurant

The Startup Magazine

Mobile Marketing. The popularity of smartphones and the fact that most people read and respond to text messages more quickly than other content continues making mobile marketing a drawcard right now. Why not take advantage of location-targeted mobile ads, in particular, to generate new leads and get more people through your doors?

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See More than 120 Speakers and Mentors at The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

That includes: Cindy Alvarez , author of Lean Customer Development , running a live customer-development problem-solving session David Binetti leading a workshop on innovation accounting for product managers Brant Cooper leading a workshop on introducing Lean Startup in your corporation Alistair Croll leading a workshop on demystifying metrics Laura (..)

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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

Deepfake Detection – demand for a mobile application that provides deepfake detection, Caller ID, spam blocking and perhaps even live translation or agentic experiences for call handling. A lightweight “agent” with access to logs and metrics can, to start, retrieve relevant information (e.g.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

LIFT10: Workshop on Hacking Venture Capital - Fred Destin , May 7, 2010 This morning at the excellent LIFT Conference I gave a two hour workshop on " Hacking Venture Capital " designed to give entrepreneurs a hands-on experience of (a) pitching and (b) negotiating with detailed debrief and tricks of the trade.

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Hands-on Lessons for Advanced Topics in Entrepreneurship

Startup Lessons Learned

We wanted to give you a rundown of what’s in store, along with particular insight into two of the workshops we’re most excited to have lined up for Gold and VIP attendee s—one session with Jez Humble on implementing continuous delivery and one with Alistair Croll on Lean analytics for corporate entrepreneurs.

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6 Customer Journey Mapping Examples: How UX Pros Do It

ConversionXL

Kofi Senaya, Director of Product at Clearbridge Mobile , a Canadian-based mobile app development agency, argues that “mapping out the customer journey is an effective way to understand what turns a viewer into a long-term, loyal customer.” Dapper’s CJM has 5 phases: Research, Comparison, Workshop, Quote, and Sign-Off.

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